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Definition: Lighterman |
LightermanNoun1. Someone who operates a barge. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lighterman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Synonyms: LightermanSynonyms: bargee (n), bargeman (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mariner | Noun: sailor, mariner, navigator; seaman, seafarer, seafaring man; dock walloper; tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A. B.; man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy; skipper; shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman; bargee, gondolier; oar, oarsman; rower; boatswain, coxswain; steersman, pilot; crew. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lighterman |
| English words defined with "lighterman": Lightermen. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Nero was a titanic lighterman. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Lighterman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lighterman" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "lighterman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | detar në maunë. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пазач на фар (light housekeeper). (various references) | |
Czech | zamìstnanec nákladní lodi. (various references) | |
French | propriétaire, programmeur d'éclairage, allumeur de réverbères. (various references) | |
Hungarian | átrakodóhajó vezetõje. (various references) | |
Manx | lughteyder (charger, lighter, loader). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ightermanlay.(various references) | |
Russian | матрос на лихтере. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | istovarivač (heaver). (various references) | |
Spanish | lanchero. (various references) | |
Turkish | salapuryacı, mavnacı (bargee, bargeman). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | матрос на ліхетрі. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "lighterman" (pronounced 'Light"er*man'): Ahriman, Airman, Alderman, Almsman, Alongshoreman, Ariman, Artilleryman, Artsman, Assemblyman, Ataman, Atman, Axman, Backwoodsman, Bagman, Bargeman, batsman, Bayman, Bellman, Billman, Boatsman, Bombardman, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bookman, Bordman, Bosjesman, Brachman, Brakeman, Breakman, Bridesman, Briefman, Burman, Bushelman, Bushman, Butterman, Cabman, Canoeman, Carman, Cartman, Cavalryman, Cayman, Chairman, Chapman, Chessman, Chinaman, Churchman, Clansman, Classman, Clergyman, Coachman. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-i-l-m-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: earthling, haltering, lathering, nightmare, trameling. | |
-2 letters: alerting, altering, atheling, earthing, emigrant, germinal, hearting, ingather, integral, ligament, litharge, maligner, malinger, megalith, metaling, narghile, nargileh, relating, remating, tanglier, tegminal, terminal, thirlage, tramline, triangle. | |
-3 letters: ailment, aligner, aliment, alright, atingle, elating, engrail, enthral, gahnite, garment, gelatin, geminal, genital, germina, granite, gratine, gremial, gremlin, hairnet, halting, harmine. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-i-l-m-n-r-t" | |
+2 letters: thermalizing. | |
+4 letters: pamphleteering. | |
+5 letters: mouthwateringly. | |
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